Ta̱mpi̱let:Sfnp
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The shortened footnote with parentheses template {{sfnp}} or shortened footnote with brackets template {{sfnb}} creates a short author–date citation in a footnote. It works exactly like the basic Ta̱mpi̱let:Tlb template, except that it puts parentheses () around the year, a bit like the way that full citations appear in (e.g.) APA style. It is a stylistic alternative to Ta̱mpi̱let:Tlb.
Ta̱mpi̱let:Tl1 is designed to be used to create Ta̱mpi̱let:Sfnote, a citation style where there is an author-date citation in a footnote and a complete citation in a references section at the end of the article. (See example below.) This citation style is used to reduce clutter in the edit window and to combine identical citations.
Common problems and known workarounds are given in the section possible issues section below.
There are several other templates that are designed for use with shortened footnotes. They differ slightly in the way they format the author-date citation and how much of their functionality is automated. A full list of these related templates is below.
Note that the use (or even non-use) of these templates is an element of citation "style", and adding or removing them in articles with an established style should be consistent with that style. See WP:CITEVAR.